I meant the one on this page. I just checked out the other one. Very cool fly. Where the heck did you find that Rhea in such cool colors? That stuff make some extremely cool hackle on spey flies. There is a guy on the Fly Tying forum who does some amazing stripper flies with this stuff. I wish I cou...

Kelly - The wing was posted as a test. You passed. (humor/wink)

I sat here for a good ten minutes studying the details of this fly. Just so much to take in and enjoy. Mesmerizing, actually. Magnificent...

Here is one of mine that was inspired by the flymph flies. This is a simple wingless soft hackle intended for steelhead fishing.

" i am beginning to hate this fly! " (chuckle) In all seriousness, I think you've got it dialed in quit nicely. I like the size of the last one you posted. The 800 pixels allows the image to be expanded to see finer details. I generally settle on a finished image size of 640 to 800 pixels ...

That is terrific! The photo presents your fly in nice detail. Beautiful...

I tried it and just ended up tying my thumb to the hook, with a bunch of shunk dubbing.

I have had this problem too. I found a little trick that does wonders for the cosmetics (when that is the goal). Soak the fly, adjust the hackle collar and set the fly to dry overnight. Great trick for shaping all kinds of flies.

I remember his flies. He was a terrific tyer.

WAY cool!!! I love it. Love the tail and hackle, especially.

Question - Is the location of the head by design? I have seen this done to allow room for riffle/turle knots in some surface flies.